Bright Spring

"Lu Zhen's son-in-law, take Shaanxi as a detour..." Mu Sheng frowned with a pensive expression.

After hearing this, Xu Tao asked in a low voice, "Is there something strange here?"

Mu Sheng said: "Of course it's strange! Lu Zhen has always been a partisan of the Eastern Palace. During the Emperor Taizong's reign, it was his son-in-law, Zhang He, who behaved badly at court, but was forgiven by the prince; and then both his son-in-law and Guo Guo served in prison for the prince. Although Zi is an important person, the court doesn't need to send another confidant to the enemy's territory, right?"

Suddenly, Xu Tao gave a thumbs up and said, "Hou Yegao!" He then asked in confusion, "What exactly is Zhang He doing here?"

Mu Sheng said, "How would I know?"

Xu Tao said, "Tell him to come in and ask."

Mu Sheng shook his head and said, "Slow down!"

Mu Sheng stood up from the stone bench, paced back and forth, and suddenly stood where he was, and turned around: "Send him to Yunnan immediately! Give it to the King of Han together with this letter."

Xu Tao was stunned for a moment, cupped his fists and said, "The last general has orders!"

Mu Sheng waved again, and said in a low voice, "Try to get him to tell the truth on the way. Tell him, if you don't tell him, you won't have a chance."

"I will understand at the end."

As soon as Xu Tao left, Chen Zhen, the commander of Lu Liangwei, came in.Chen Zhen was not wearing armor, but was wearing a red official uniform, which at first glance was similar to the clothes worn by civil servants, the difference being the patch on the breast.The military officers of the Ming Dynasty are of high rank, even a guard commander is also a third-rank official, while the civil servants in charge of a county are only low-level officials.

Chen Zhen came over with a file and presented it to Mu Sheng.Mu Sheng flipped through it casually, and it was almost all confessions written in small print, so he asked, "Tell me the result."

"The last general sent people to interrogate the theater troupe and servants of the Shu Palace that day, and also interrogated related people. It was discovered that the assassins of that day may have a lot to do with the Shu Palace! But there is no evidence, and I dare not interrogate the Shu King lightly."

After hearing this, Mu Sheng said decisively: "This case ends here! Send the dossier to Xu Tao and ask him to send it to Kunming as well."

...The cavalry escorting the court envoys stayed overnight in Longquanyi City that night.They must first arrive at Luzhou, the chief envoy of Sichuan, and then take the Usada Luzhou Road to Yunnan.Along the way is an important post road in the three southwestern provinces. There are enough horses in the post, and it will not take long for a group of people to ride to Kunming.

The officials and servants of the post station have hardly changed, and they still receive their salaries.The Sichuan chief envoy issued a report to tell everyone that officials at all levels only need to obey the chief envoy's order, which is in line with the laws of Ming Dynasty.Those who seek their own government in their position do not need to worry about the rest of the affairs; those who disobey the government order will be punished severely according to the law of the Ming Dynasty!

Therefore, the post station officials in various prefectures, prefectures and counties, no matter who was right, the emperor or the king of Han, did not directly follow the orders of the Zhu family, but only followed the decrees of the third division.As for the officials of the Sichuan Third Division, whose property and land are under the protection of Mu Sheng's army, they have made friends with Mu Sheng and others in just a few months, and they have a friendly relationship with Mu Sheng and others.

In the evening of that day, Xu Tao asked his confidants to guard Zhang He's guest room.After the sun went down, he walked into Zhang He's room dressed in common clothes.

Zhang He is a handsome young man with a fair complexion and a dignified appearance.Seeing Zhang He standing up and bowing, Xu Tao also politely returned the salute with his fists clasped.Xu Tao opened his mouth first and said: "This general is Xu Tao, the left deputy general of the Xipinghou Army. In Hongwuzhong, I followed King Qianning to fight all over Yunnan. After that, he served in the Mu Mansion for many years. In the last year of Hongwu, he served as the general officer of the Dali Mansion."

Hearing this, Zhang He showed a stunned expression on his face, bowed and said, "I'm Zhang He, I'm the head of the household department."

Xu Tao said: "I will be ordered by the Marquis of Xiping to send Master Zhang to Yunnan to meet the King of Han..." He hesitated to speak, and changed his words temporarily, "While we are resting at the post station, I would like to tell Master Zhang that you The errand is up to the King of Han to decide. If you want to run the errand well, don’t think about running away on the way. Do you understand?”

Zhang He nodded, pondering endlessly.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and said: "General Xu, I have something to tell the Marquis of Xiping... about the murder of Mu Bin, the son of the Marquis of Xiping. Mu Bin was assassinated, and the court officials are responsible for not protecting him well. But it was definitely not done by the court!

Marquis Xiping may not believe what I say, but as long as you think about it carefully, you can tell right from wrong.After the King of Han escaped from the capital, the Holy Majesty wanted to make Marquis Xiping the Duke of the state, and he did not hesitate to dissuade Marquis Xiping with a high position and rich salary. How could he kill his son Mu Bin?After this happened, wouldn't it be clear at a glance who would benefit? "

Xu Tao said cautiously: "The Marquis of Xiping is loyal to the King of Han. With your three-inch tongue, can you easily provoke |?"

"You can't say something so ugly." Zhang He frowned, "Where is it provoking? It's just telling the truth! The Holy Majesty also made a promise that as long as Xiping Hou knows how to return, he will make up for his past mistakes and let the past go. Feng Xipinghou is the Duke of the state. Xipinghou was bewitched|bewitched|bewitched by the King of Han, so it is understandable that he made a mistake..."

Xu Tao said coldly: "Is the Marquis of Xiping a half-hearted person? You don't need to say it."

After saying that, he left in a huff. As soon as he walked out of the room, he asked his confidant at the door to follow.Xu Tao immediately wrote a secret letter, asking his confidant Wu Yu to set off tomorrow morning and send the secret letter to Mu Sheng at the commander of the capital.

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Not long ago, Guo's house was ransacked, Guo Ming was arrested, and imprisoned in Beizhen Fusi Prison.A servant in charge of Guo's mansion named Xu Shun fled and hurried to Guizhou.The servant was seized by Liu Yingjun's scouts in Guizhou and escorted to Kunming City.

At the beginning of April, the servants of the Guo family came to the palace of the king of Han.At this time, Zhu Gaoxu's family members had returned to Yunnan Fucheng from Dali one after another.Zhu Gaoxu asked the servant to meet Princess Guo Wei.

The servant has no letters, but knows Guo Wei.He was dressed in travel and dust, and rushed to report: "The commander of Jinyiwei Tan Qing, the minister of Dali Temple Xue Yan, and the criminal department Geng Tong brought the Jinyiwei armored soldiers to the mansion to ransack the house and took away the owner! A few days later, the three courts were convicted. It is said that the master of our family colluded with the enemy of the King of Han, and once secretly ordered Lu Zhang, a thousand households of the Guizhou garrison, to let the King of Han army go to the city! The court sentenced the master to death, and he will be executed in the fall! The Guo family will be exiled to Liaodong..."

Guo Wei's face was pale, her eyes lost focus for a while, and her body was not very stable.Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly supported her shoulders and stroked her back, Guo Wei's hand grabbed Zhu Gaoxu's arm vigorously.

The servant Xu Shun continued: "Master will order the villain to deal with whoever he sees and what he does. This is an unjust case!

However, there have been signs since last year... At that time, the second prince (Zhan Kai) suffered from convulsions, and there happened to be a alchemist who presented a silver ring snake, saying that snake gallbladder can be used as medicine to cure convulsions in children, and several doctors also recognized this. Fang, the master sent the medicinal wine into the palace.Unexpectedly, Emperor Taizong died soon after!

The silver ring snake itself is highly poisonous, and my wife was worried about this matter, so she once advised the owner to run away and go to Yunnan.The master finally refused to obey, and unexpectedly suffered such a catastrophe! "

"Where's my sister?" Guo Wei asked tremblingly.

Xu Shun bowed his head and said: "The villain walked in a hurry, and I couldn't find out about Concubine Guo's situation."

"Why is uncle so cruel! My sister treats him wholeheartedly, but he treats the Guo family like this..." Guo Wei's tears rolled down her face, her voice was choked up, and she could hardly cry.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Princess, don't worry, if you are still alive, there is still room for redemption."

Guo Wei said with tears in her eyes: "But the San Judiciary has already convicted him, and he is going to kill Dad Qiuhou."

"After the fall, the beard must be drawn with the emperor's ink brush, and my elder brother can't draw it." Zhu Gaoxu said kindly, "Your father didn't conspire with me, I can be sure of this! If my elder brother is just suspicious of him, the best way to do it It's spying, not a rush to frame the crime."

Zhu Gaoxu went on to say: "As for the news brought by Xu Shun, the big brother punished the Guo family, maybe because of the silver-ringed snake gall medicinal wine; then we can guess that the late emperor died for no reason, maybe he died of poisoning. Big brother also wants to find out the truth , he will not kill the suspect to lose clues, it is your father."

"Is this really the case?" Guo Wei looked at Zhu Gaoxu, and hurriedly said, "My father would never do that kind of thing, and my sister is not such a vicious person! The Guo family must have been wronged!"

Zhu Gaoxu patted Guo Wei's back lightly, and said, "I believe in the princess, and I also believe in your father and sister. I will definitely find out the truth in the future and return the Guo family's innocence."

He then waved his hand and said: "Go down, ask Wang Gui to settle you down, and rest first."

Xu Shun bowed: "The villain will leave."

After the outsider left, Zhu Gaoxu hugged Guo Wei again and comforted her with good words.

Was the death of the first emperor poisoned, and was it related to the Guo family?Zhu Gaoxu didn't know at all.Guo Zi, Minister of the Household Department, would not recruit even if he was killed. Zhu Gaoxu was busy fighting the war before, so he didn't have time to ask.

Zhu Gaoxu said it casually, just to comfort Guo Wei.Guo Ming has already committed a major crime of collaborating with the enemy, and he is not afraid of being bitten if there are too many lice; according to Zhu Gaoxu's statement, Guo Ming will really not die for a while.

445 Chapter Chess Meets Opponent

In the garden of King Han's Mansion, after the light rain, there are water drops on the petals and green leaves, and the pear blossoms are sprinkled all over the brick floor.Just like the princess Guo Wei, pear blossoms bring rain.No matter how Zhu Gaoxu comforted her, he couldn't teach her to be happy immediately.

The Guo family was convicted, and Guo Wei's father was sentenced to death!The premise that Zhu Gaoxu wanted to help her was to win the war and return to the capital; but this premise was still pending.However, Zhu Gaoxu felt that if he could not succeed, there would be no point in worrying about Guo Ming's family. After all, everyone had to finish the game.

The only thing Zhu Gaoxu can do is to spend more time with Guo Wei these few days.

A few days later, the eunuch Wang Gui hurried into the garden behind the front palace.Zhu Gaoxu beckoned Wang Gui to come over. Seeing that there were eunuchs and maids beside him, Wang Gui whispered next to Zhu Gaoxu, "My lord, Wei Dudu has a secret envoy to Kunming City, and the secret envoy is someone who guards the Beisi of the Yufu."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Guo Wei beside him.Guo Wei showed a reluctant smile: "It's important for the prince to do business, so you can go."

"Wangfei should go outside more often, don't stay bored in the room all the time." Zhu Gaoxu warned, and then said to the others, "You are so good at serving Wangfei."

Yao Ji's voice said: "The concubine will accompany the princess to relieve boredom, the prince can rest assured."

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at them and saw that Yao Ji's hand was gently holding Guo Wei, and Guo Wei was also very close to her.It was inconvenient for him to pay more attention to the relationship between the women, so he asked Wang Gui to go south.